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VNA Minister and Chair of the government Office Mai Tien Dung said the economic performance in the January-August period is very positive, raising hope about achieving the target of 6.7 percent economic growth this year. During a press conference following the monthly government’s meeting in Hanoi on August 30, Dung said the government and the

Thoi Bao Kinh Doanh Recently, the government has asked the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to calculate the ability to raise the credit growth target for the whole year to 21-22 percent instead of 18%. If this goal can be achieved, this is the year that marks the return after seven years of credit growth

What can you tell me about the policies Vietnam now has in place to support solar development? The legal framework is almost complete. I expect the solar PPA template will be issued within this year so that the investors have full guidance to develop projects in Vietnam. However, as I see from the recent draft

The Saigon Times As much as $10.95 billion in foreign investment flowed into Vietnam in the first four months of this year, including from mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals, the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) said. The amount represents a rise of 40.5 percent over the same period last year. According to the Ministry of Planning

VET Vietnamese consumers are the most socially-conscious in Asia-Pacific according to the Corporate Sustainability Report from Nielsen released on April 26. The report indicates that up to 86 per cent of consumers in Vietnam are willing to pay higher prices for products and services that come from companies that are committed to positive social and

Interbank rates has fallen sharply from 0.26 percent to 0.98 percent for all terms while SBV continued to inject net capital into the market for the second consecutive week with a net amount of nearly 10 trillion dong. According to BVSC’s weekly newsletter from April 17 to April 21, SBV injected 38 trillion dong through

Nikkei Company’s ultimate aim is to raise funds overseas to meet rising demand Vietnam’s low-cost carrier will seek shareholder approval to raise the upper limit of foreign ownership to 49% from 30% at an annual general meeting on April 20. Around 26% of the airline is now held by foreign owners, including a 5.4% stake

VBN Rent-A-Port NV, the Belgium-based major investor of Deep C Industrial Zones, has made green growth and sustainability central focuses of its mission in Vietnam. Earlier this month, Rent-A-Port’s subsidiary Rent-A-Port Green Energy inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on wind and solar-driven micro-desalination, to solve

The Saigon Times The inspection work of the general Department of Taxation in 2012-2014 contained several shortcomings and mistakes that affected the interests of businesses. This is a conclusion of the government Inspectorate of Vietnam published on Monday. In this conclusion, the agency reveals a series of shortcomings and weaknesses of the general Department of